Hansons: The Library Auction, 111225, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025

Page Size: 266 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
204	William Borlase	An extensive collection of books, etc., including: The Natural History of Cornwall		1970	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 250.00
205		Gold Mines Across The World		1987	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
206	KENNGOTT, (Adolph)	Illustrierte Mineralogie, Volume I of Naturgeschichte des Tier -- Pflanzen-und Mineralreichs	Eklingen bei Stuttgart	1888	GBP 100.00 - 120.00	GBP 87.50
207	BUCKLAND, (Rev. William).	Reliquiae Diluvianae or Observations on the Organic Remains contained in Caves, Fissures, and Diluvial Gravels	London	1824	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	GBP 250.00
208	[PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA].	Philonis Ivdae Opera Exegetica in libros Mosis [Exegetical Works in the Books of Moses]	Cologne	1613	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 325.00
209	SURENHUIS, (Willem).	Theologorum Hebraeorum, [Christian Herbraist interpretation of the New Testament]	Amsterdam	1713	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 40.00
210	SLEIDANUS, (Johannes).	De Statu Religionis & Reipublicae, Carolo Quinto, Caesare, Commentarij	Geneva	1556	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
211	RAJPURKAR, (Joseph Ezekiel).	The Daily Prayers, Translated from Hebrew into Marathi...for the Use of the Bene Israel Community	Bombay	1889	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 100.00
212	BUCHANAN, (George)	A collection comprising: Scoti Poemata [Scottish Poems]...	Amsterdam	1676	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 425.00
213	GELLIUS, (Aulus).	Noctes Atticae [Attic Nights]	Amsterdam	1665	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 18.75
214	SWEDENBORG, (Emanuel).	The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine], Om Nya Jerusalem och des Himmelska Lara	Stockholm	1787	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
215	[MACHZOR].	A prayer book for the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur	Sulzbach	c. 1756	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 37.50
216	PAPPENHEIM, (Solomon).	[The Curtains of Solomon], Yeri'ot Shelomoh	Dyhernfurth	1784	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
217	ABOAB, (Isaac).	Menorat HaMaor [The Lamp of Illumination]	Sulzbach	1738-39	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
218	JACOBI, (Friedrich Heinrich).	Ueber die Lehre des Spinoza in Briefen an den Herrn Moses Mendelssohn	Breslau	1785	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 62.50
219		A Collection of the Public General Statutes, Passed in the Forty-Seventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third	London	1807	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
220	LYSONS, Daniel; LYSONS, Samuel.	Magna Britannia Volume 4: Cumberland	London	1816	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 175.00
221		Bentley's Miscellany, volume III and IV	London	1838	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 18.75
222	P. & P. Gally	Autumn & Winter		c. 1820	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 100.00
223	William Wood,	A country boy's education in London...A small archive of correspondence	Brixton Hill Academy	1860-61	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
224		Manuscript document with a title plan and valuation for Hill Hall Farm in Swinfen		1814	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
225		'1613 Cathedral Field'		1613	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 93.75
226	Henrietta Inge	Letter addressed to Mr. Hinckley Attorney at Law		no date c.1800	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 68.75
227		Document relating to Swinfen, near Lichfield, from the reign of Edward IV		1478	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 400.00
228		Testimonial relating to Ashbourne in Derbyshire...in support of one Mr. Stephen Parker		1722	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 35.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.